“I’m guessing your sister-in-law is one of those weird ‘boy moms,’” wrote u/burner_suplex. “[I second] all the people who are suggesting talking to your brother to make sure your niece is being treated alright compared to her brothers. I’ve heard too many stories of moms favoring their sons and turning their daughters into their sons’ […]
As a shoe lover, one of the greatest things about the seasons changing is the opportunity to switch up my footwear game. Aside from swapping out my sandals for boots to wear outside, the colder weather means it’s also time to pull out only the coziest of slippers. And not just any kind of slippers […]
Computers, tablets and gaming systems can be both fun and educational, but everyone needs a screen break — especially during the holidays, which are overstimulating enough. While some kids may think anything without a screen is boring, the stocking stuffers on this list will prove them wrong. HuffPost receives compensation from one or more retailers […]
If you’ve never had a hemorrhoid, you’re very lucky. If you have, you’re all too familiar with the extreme discomfort that comes from this particular digestive affliction. Characterized by pain, itching, irritation and sometimes bleeding in the anal region (TMI, we know), hemorrhoids are swollen veins in the anus and lower rectum. And no one […]
The mother of a Florida boy who died by suicide in February filed a lawsuit against an artificial intelligence technology company on Wednesday, saying a chatbot drove her child to take his own life. Sewell Setzer III, 14, was described in the lawsuit as an “incredibly intelligent and athletic child.” Last year, his family noticed […]
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While my 8-year-old daughter puked yellow goo into a hospital bedpan, I couldn’t be a doting mother bent over her shivering body, rubbing soothing circles over her back. Instead, I spent long hours folded into a blue vinyl armchair, my fingers hovering over my laptop’s trackpad in case I needed to unmute my Zoom. As […]
A friend recently called me in tears: Her son, a freshman in college, was having panic attacks. “It’s all my fault!” she sobbed. Her rationale: She let him to sleep in her bed as an infant when he cried, so it must be causing him separation anxiety today. At least that’s what the articles she […]
The life expectancy of an iPhone charger rivals that of a housefly. Whether it gets broken, stolen, forgotten or chewed on, the more life happens, the fewer lightning cords you have to show for it. Because chargers are such a fleeting commodity, it’s not a bad idea to have some extra ones around at all […]
We know that birth order can have a big effect on a person’s experience growing up within their family. It’s not unusual for people to assume that a youngest child will be “babied” and lavished with attention, a middle child forgotten amid the fray or a firstborn bossing around their siblings. At the intersection between […]